Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-02-02
A BLOW TO COMMERCE
THE RAILROAD FREIGHT HANDLERS JOIN
THE STRIKE
Of the LOngshOrsnsn in New YOrk-BusineSS Sus-
pended on the Jersey Cental-Plsnty Of
Non-UniOn Men at WOrk-The State
Of the River Miners Strike

New YORK, February 1.-The eNten
sion of the strike to the freight handlers on
the railroad piers of New York to-day, Is
the most serious blow 10 commerce that
the union men have struck. The effect o.
it on one road, the Jersey Central,
it was admitted at the office Oh
the dock, this morning, was an
almost complete suspension of bus
iness. The men turned out so suddenly
that the company was left at great disad'
vantage, and its inability to deliver
freight was the cause of much incoDveni
ence to merchants. The men on the Penn
sylvania piers along the North river art
ready to come out the very minute the
time for receiving the answer to their de
mands from the company has expired
The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Company's freight is handled by the ]. H
Starin Transportation Company, and theil
men are in sympathy with the freight
to come out at any time.
At IL O'Clock to-day the managers at the
New York pier said they had not then re-
ceiyed any intimation that the men want
ed an increase. They were, however, pre-
pared for any emergency. The Lehigh
Valley freight handlers at Pier 3, North
river, have notified their employers that
unless the demand for an increase OF salary
was given they would quit work at noon
to-day. The company will not cOncede
the advance. At the New York Central
Pier 20 the Superintendent said that the
company had not received any demand
from the men. Everything was quiet
1t is reported that the men are organized,
and will Join the strikers as soon rs the
word is passed for them to do so.
The Erie road freight handlers made q
demand for the increase at the same time
as the men on the other roads. The COM
pany refused to consider it and will give
the men a determined fight. The next
move on the part OF the strikers will be to
induce the trainmen to come out and thus
"tie-up" the railroads centering on the
Jersey shore. There is some talk of get
ting the deck hands and firemen on the
ferrybOatS to join the strikers, but these
men are adverse to such course. The
boat service of the Boston and Providence
Line has been suspended for the present.
Two boats are laid up for repairs and the
difficulty in getting coal and freight han
died was the cause of the withdrawal OF the
other.
p. r. r. FREIGHT HANDLERS STOP WORK.
The freight handlers on the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Piers Nos. 4, 5 and &, North
river, struck work at one o'clock this after
noon.
The 'longshOremen, pliers and other
numerous branches of workmen who are
members of the 'LongshOremen's Union,
employed on the railroads and the North
River piers, turned out at l
o'clock to-day. The men on the Lehigh
Valley road pier No. 2. Pennsylvania piers
Nos. l, 4, D and &, Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western and New York, Lake Erie
and Western, numbering nearly 1000, quit
work by order the LOngshoremen's union.
The Lehigh Valley shut down the pier
gates and about score of men remained
at work. The agents of the company
state that the inconvenience will be but
temporary. They will put other men to
work at once and that the traffic will not
be much impeded by the strike